I don’t see why I don’t see what bothers meAnd I don’t know why I don’t know what won’t let me goI should have listened to myself when I had it downThis dose of my own medicine is too big to swallow now

This is the time when I find what’s inside of meThis is the time when I decide what I believe

If I wanna be real in this worldThen I have to realizeIf I am gonna live by the swordThen I'm gonna have to die by the sword

It’s easy to be calm when there’s no crashing tideIt’s easy to be quiet when it’s loud outsideIt’s easy to be humble when you’re glorifiedBut now I’m out here on my own and screaming from inside

This is the time when I find what’s inside of meThis is the time when I decide what I believe

If I wanna be real in this worldThen I have to realizeIf I am gonna live by the swordThen I'm gonna have to die by the sword

But you stripped me down to basicsYou left my heart exposedThere is no pride in times like this

No one said it was easyAnd no one said it was fairBut no one is happy when it is

I need your loving arms to carry meWhen I look in the mirror and I don’t like what I seeI know you know what I desire to doSo help me follow even when it’s not easy to

If I wanna be real in this worldThen I have to realizeIf I am gonna live by the swordThen I'm gonna have to die

If I wanna be real in this worldThen I have to realizeIf I am gonna live by the swordThen I'm gonna have to die